Iga Swiatekthe number one in the world, remains unstoppable in her goal towards a third consecutive title in Roland Garros. The Polish woman beat the American Coco Gauff (3rd) 6-2 and 6-4 in the semifinals, extending their winning streak in Paris to 20 games.
The record of consecutive wins in the French Open equals what was achieved by the German Steffi Graff between 1987 and 1989. To date, the record in the Parisian Grand Slam is held by the American Chris Evert the most successful of the tournament with seven consecrations and who was unbeatable in 29 commitments from 1974 to 1981.
Swiatek23 years old, dominated the match from the beginning to increase the historical superiority over Gauff: He won 11 of the 12 times they faced each other and in all of them it was in two sets.
With this result, the leader of the WTA ranking advances to her fourth final of Roland Garros in five years and now they will face the Italian Jasmine Paolini (15th), who has just beaten the young Russian promise 6-3, 6-1 Mirra Andreeva17 years old.
A victory in the final would allow Swiatek complete the hat trick of titles between Roland Garros, Madrid and Rome in the same year, something that only the American Serena Williams has achieved in 2013.
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